Astro-sleuths crack van Gogh 'Moonrise' caper

[Bill Cleere]

"Using old-fashioned detective work and modern
astronomical tools, researchers said they have solved
one of the most intriguing mysteries in art history,
the moment that Vincent van Gogh immortalized in his
painting "Moonrise."

Trippy article at:

http://tinyurl.com/go13

ending with this tease:

"Regardless, he and his sleuth troops are pressing
on to crack another chronological caper. Olson offers
few details about the project, other than he expects
to publish the findings by 2004.

"In a certain sense, it will be a much more significant
result," he said. "It will be ... a very surprising
result about a significantly more famous painting."

....Art history makes a nice break from all the
depressing shit, except that the Van Gogh painting
in question is titled "White House at Night".

-- Bill Cleere